{"id":43834,"date":"2026-04-12T10:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43834"},"modified":"2026-04-12T10:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:38:38","slug":"marvel-tv-boss-acknowledges-watcher-easter-egg-in-daredevil-born-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=43834","title":{"rendered":"Marvel TV Boss Acknowledges Watcher Easter Egg in Daredevil: Born Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2026\/03\/24\/daredevil-bornagain-season2-review-blogroll-1774394664689.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Marvel Studios TV boss Brad Winderbaum sent fans\u2019 heads spinning after he acknowledged what looks like a Watcher Easter Egg in <u>Daredevil: Born Again<\/u> Season 2.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Disney+ continuation of the Charlie Cox-led series left fans\u2019 jaws on the floor for more reasons than one when Episode 4, <u>Gloves Off<\/u>, premiered last week. As what turned out to be an eventful hour of television came to an end, viewers spotted the familiar outline of the cosmic being known as the Watcher in a recently shattered window.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cObviously it\u2019s just the lights in the gym but the way that glass broke and the framing of the camera really makes it look like Uatu,\u201d one Reddit user <u>said<\/u>, referring to the Watcher by his name, days after the episode premiered April 7. \u201cDo yall think this was intentional or just a coincidence?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Daredevil: Born Again S2 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7Q2E5G0N1\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/o7Q2E5G0N1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marvel Perfect Gifs &amp; Clips (@MCUPerfectGifs) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MCUPerfectGifs\/status\/2042354112692629671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The Watcher is a well-known character from the Marvel universe who made his first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appearance as a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and went on to play a larger role, mostly as a story teller, in the animated What If\u2026? spinoff series. He\u2019s mostly stayed out of the live-action world in recent years, but select audience members have spent the past few days wondering if the Watcher truly made an appearance in Daredevil: Born Again, or if it\u2019s just a bizarre coincidence.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">As MCU die-hards argued about the potential Easter Egg, Winderbaum, the head of streaming, television, and animation at the comic book company, took to Instagram to add fuel to the theory fire yesterday. The caption on his post simply includes hashtags for Daredevil and What If\u2026?, with the image itself acknowledging the moment that has fans second guessing what they\u2019ve seen.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cAlways watching\u2026\u201d text placed over the image says.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW-JQ6miUKm\/embed\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Unfortunately for eagle-eyed Marvel fans, Winderbaum didn&#8217;t outright confirm if this Watcher cameo was intentional or just some lucky camera placement. It led to discourse in MCU communities across social media to argue about not only if this supposed Easter Egg is real but if they may want to keep an eye out for other similar nods in future \u2013 or even past \u2013 Marvel projects.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI think he\u2019s just having fun and leaning into Redditors\u2019 speculation,\u201d one Reddit user <u>suggested<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cHe is just playing into the bit seeing what the online speculation has been,\u201d one fan <u>added<\/u>. \u201cIt&#8217;s a piece of broken glass and some lights. He is just leaning into the moment and having fun. This confirms nothing other than that Reddit will find hidden meaning wherever they like, whether it&#8217;s a freeze frame from a TV show or an IG post.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cWell whether it&#8217;s intentional or not, I really hope they keep doing this,\u201d another <u>said<\/u>. \u201cAnd not just in the shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">It took a few days for fans to put the pieces of the broken window together, but it will be hard to look at it the same way again. MCU watchers still have plenty of time to comb through that episode and any other Marvel projects for Easter Eggs while they wait for the next episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, The Grand Design, to premiere April 14.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the meantime, you can check out <u>a major Marvel reunion confirmed by a few recent set photos<\/u>. You can also read our full <u>Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 review<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"poll-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Michael Cripe is a freelance writer with IGN. He&#8217;s best known for his work at sites like The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be sure to give him a follow on Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/always-watching-fans-stunned-after-marvel-tv-boss-acknowledges-apparent-cosmic-level-easter-egg-in-daredevil-born-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel Studios TV boss Brad Winderbaum sent fans\u2019 heads spinning after he acknowledged what looks like a Watcher Easter Egg in Daredevil: Born Again Season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20349,2398,3261,3315,3545,111,2933,20350],"class_list":["post-43834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-acknowledges","tag-born","tag-boss","tag-daredevil","tag-easter","tag-egg","tag-marvel","tag-watcher","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}